I say "tomato" you say "topahto"

Many of Magda conversations consist of very repetitious statements, often pointing out the same thing over and over. It usually goes something like this:

Magda: Mama?

Jfer: Yes baby?

Magda: Bah!

Jfer: You've already finished your bar.

Magda: Mama?

Jfer: Yes baby?

Magda: Bah!

Jfer: The bar is all gone, we'll eat when we get home.

Magda: Mama?

Jfer: Yes Magda?

Magda: Bah!

Just tonight, I spent good five minutes with the following:

Magda: Tata?

Me: Yes?

Magda: Tata?

My: Yes dear, what do you want?

Magda: Tata?

Magda: Tata?

Me: Yes, please?

Magda: Tata?

But sometimes things are more interesting. Last night, Madga was very chatty and tried some more complicated words. For one, she's started forming "It's a" sentences. So instead of pointing at Rose's collar and saying "Kah", she'll say "It's a Kah" or may point to Jennifer and say "It's a mama". With more complicated words, the "It's a" part comes out fast, and then she carefully tries to pronounce the challenging word.

Last night Jennifer offered her a piece of a tomato, and Magda, very carefully and with gusto pronouced her first three-sylable word: "to-pah-to". We couldn't get her to say it any other way, but she really, really, enjoyed saying "It's a to-pah-to".